Monday, 14 March 2011

Security on a Shoestring Budget

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March 14, 2011
Weekly Brief
Top Story: Security on a Shoestring Budget With the right mix of open-source tools, protecting your PCs and your network doesn't have to break your bottom line.
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Google Adds Site-Filtering Feature to Search Ever wish you could keep certain sites from showing up in your Google search results? Thanks to a new feature being rolled out right now, you can.
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Android Malware: Why You Shouldn't Be Scared Reports of malware on the Android Market are far less frightening than some stories would lead you to believe. Here's why.
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How-To
How To Enable iTunes Home Sharing in iOS 4.3 The next major iOS update is slated to be released this Friday, March 11, alongside the ultra-hyped iPad 2. One of the key features is a little something called iTunes Home Sharing, which allows users to stream music, podcasts, movies and more from your PC to your iOS device. Here's how to enable the not-immediately obvious feature.
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How to Avoid Getting Burned by 'Sneakware' When you install Adobe Reader X, it tries to sneak a McAfee security scanner onto your system. A keen eye can help prevent this kind of thing.
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Prevent E-mail Disasters: 5 Tools to Protect You from Slip-ups A growing number of tech tools are now on hand to prevent the all-too-common e-mail faux pas.
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Downloads
Ten Utilities to Secure Your Data Keeping intruders out of your system is only half the challenge; making it impossible for them to find your valuable data is the other. Encryption, passwords, and secure deletion are all parts of the puzzle. These ten utilities (plus a few bonus tools) can help.
FreeOTFE FreeOTFE stands for "Free On The Fly Encryption"-- "On The Fly Encryption" refers to the encrypting/decrypting of data as it is written to or read from your hard disk. The data is stored in an encrypted form, and FreeOTFE handles all read and write requests.
BestCrypt BestCrypt ($60) is a file-encryption tool that focuses on the creation of encrypted containers. Each container file can be any size from a few megabytes to as large as an entire drive. You can mount a container (on NTFS drives) as a folder, not as a new drive.
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Downloads: Editor's Collection
Ten Utilities to Secure Your DataKeeping intruders out of your system is only half the challenge; making it impossible for them to find your valuable data is the other. Encryption, passwords, and secure deletion are all parts of the puzzle. These ten utilities (plus a few bonus tools) can help.
TrueCrypt   117278 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Encryption
This free, open-source encryption program lets you place files and folders in "safes" of any size.
KeePass Password Safe   42510 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Password Tools
KeePass is a free, open source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager.
Password Safe   115885 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Password Tools
Keep hard-to-remember, hard-to-crack passwords in this encrypted database.
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